United StatesDepartment ofAgriculture
Local
Petroleum
Rural Business/ CooperativeService
Operations
Abstract
Local cooperatives play a prominent role in providing farmers with agricultural inputs.
They are important to the farmer and the rural community as a whole. One of the most
important products distributed to the rural community is petroleum. This report exam-ines petroleum operations of local cooperatives and their importance to the rural com-munity. The main emphasis is on cooperative product mix, services, supply source,
and competition. Cooperatives are analyzed based on various characteristics such as
size, type, and region.
Key Words: petroleum, local cooperatives, petroleum operation.LOCAL PETROLEUM OPERATIONS
David S. Chesnick
RBS Research Report 149
Septmber 1996
Price: Domestic-$4.50, Foreign-$5.00
Preface
Regional cooperatives rely on the local cooperatives as a direct link to the agricultur-al producer. Likewise, the locals are the agricultural producer’s direct link to marketsand supplies. Therefore, local cooperatives play a pivotal role in the rural community.Yet, they are more than just a provider of markets and agricultural supplies. The ruralcommunity looks to its local cooperatives for services that may not otherwise be pro-vided in the surrounding communities. The largest commodity those local coopera-tives supply to member/patrons is petroleum. This report identifies the petroleumproducts and services these locals provide for the rural community.
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